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"Allow Extension" Prompt

Published: 15 Jan 2021
Last Modified Date: 22 Jan 2021

Issue

When opening a workbook downloaded from Tableau Server, the following dialog appears:

Allow Extension
This dashboard contains the following network-enabled extension, which is a web application that expands the capabilities of Tableau. To allow this extension to run in the dashboard, click OK.

Environment

Tableau Desktop

Resolution

If you trust the dashboard extension, click 'OK' to allow it to run. Otherwise, click 'Cancel'.

To disable all dashboard extensions in Tableau Desktop, refer to Disable Dashboard extensions (Tableau Desktop only).

Cause

A network-enabled dashboard extension was added to the dashboard, by the dashboard's author, to provide additional functionality.

Additional Information

You can find out more about network-enabled extensions and data security in Data security, Network-enabled, and Sandboxed extensions.

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